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Microsoft Office applications shown on Windows Vista - clockwise from top left: Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint. These four programs make up the Home and Student edition.
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	January&#;30, ; 13&#;years ago&#;()[1]
Final release	Service Pack 3 ()[2] / October&#;25, ; 8&#;years ago&#;()
Operating system	Windows XP SP2 and later Windows Server SP1 and later[3]
Platform	IA[3]
Available in	English, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Ukrainian.[4]
Type	Office suite
License	Trialware
Website	manicapital.com

Microsoft Office (codenamed Office 12^[5]) is a version of Microsoft Office, a family of office suites and productivity software for Windows, developed and published by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on November 3, ;^[6] it was subsequently made available to volume license customers on November 30, ,^[7][8] and later to retail on January 30, ,^[1] the same respective release dates of Windows Vista. It was preceded by Office and succeeded by Office

Office introduced a new graphical user interface called the Fluent User Interface, which uses ribbons and an Office menu instead of menu bars and toolbars.^[9] Office also introduced Office Open XML file formats as the default file formats in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. The new formats are intended to facilitate the sharing of information between programs, improve security, reduce the size of documents, and enable new recovery scenarios.^[10]

Office requires Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Windows Server with Service Pack 1, or a later version of Windows; it is the last version of Microsoft Office to run on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.^[3]

Office includes new applications and server-side tools, including Microsoft Office Groove, a collaboration and communication suite for smaller businesses, which was originally developed by Groove Networks before being acquired by Microsoft in Also included is Office SharePoint Server , a major revision to the server platform for Office applications, which supports Excel Services, a client-server architecture for supporting Excel workbooks that are shared in real time between multiple machines, and are also viewable and editable through a web page.

With Microsoft FrontPage discontinued, Microsoft SharePoint Designer, which is aimed towards development of SharePoint portals, becomes part of the Office family. Its designer-oriented counterpart, Microsoft Expression Web, is targeted for general web development. However, neither application has been included in Office software suites.

Speech recognition functionality has been removed from the individual programs in the Office suite, as Windows Speech Recognition was integrated into Windows Vista. Windows XP users must install a previous version of Office to use speech recognition features.^[11]

According to Forrester Research, as of May , Microsoft Office is used in 81% of enterprises it surveyed (its sample comprising North American and European enterprise and SMB decision makers).^[12]

Mainstream support for Office ended on October 9, , and extended support ended on October 10, ^[13]

Development[edit]

The first beta of Microsoft Office , referred to as Beta-1 in emails sent to a small number of testers, was released on November 16, The Beta-1 Technical Refresh was released to testers on March 13, The Technical Refresh fixed issues in installing with Windows Vista build

Microsoft revealed the ribbon on March 9, at CeBIT in Germany.^[14]

Office Beta 2 was announced by Bill Gates at WinHEC , and was initially released to the public at no cost from Microsoft's web site. However, because of an unprecedented number of downloads, a fee of $ was introduced for each product downloaded after August 2, The beta was updated on September 14, in Beta 2 Technical Refresh (Beta2TR). It included an updated user interface, better accessibility support, improvements in the robustness of the platform, and greater functionality.

The beta versions continued to function in a reduced functionality mode after February 1, If users downloaded the Technical Refresh to update Beta 2, then users could use its full functionality until March 31, for client products and May 15, for server products. The Beta program ended on November 8, , when Microsoft declared the product "Released to Manufacturing" (RTM) and started manufacturing the final product. After RTM, the availability of the beta download ended.

Office was released to volume licensing customers on November 30, , and to the general public on January 30, ^[1] Mainstream support ended on October 9, ^[15] Extended support ended on October 10, ^[15]

Service packs[edit]

Since the initial release of Microsoft Office , three service packs containing updates as well as additional features have been released. Microsoft Office Service Packs are cumulative, so previous Service Packs are not a prerequisite for installation.^[16]

Microsoft Office Service Pack 1 was released on December 11, ^[17] Official documentation claims that SP1 is not simply a rollup of publicly released patches, but that it also contains fixes for a total of issues throughout the entire Office suite.^[18] Microsoft Office Service Pack 2 was released on April 28, ^[19] It added improved support for ODF, XPS and PDF standards, and included several bug fixes.^[19][20] Microsoft Office Service Pack 3 was released on October 25, ^[21]

Editions[edit]

¹ Office Customization Tool is used to customize the installation of Office by creating a Windows Installer patch file (.MSP) and replacing the Custom Installation Wizard and Custom Deployment Wizard included in earlier versions of the Office Resource Kit that created a Windows Installer Transform (.MST).^[24]

Volume licensing[edit]

Eligible employees of companies with volume license agreements for Microsoft Office receive additional tools, including enterprise content management, electronic forms, Information Rights Management capabilities and copies for use on a home computer.^[25]

New features[edit]

User interface[edit]

The new user interface (UI), officially known as Fluent User Interface,^[26][27] has been implemented in the core Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and in the item inspector used to create or edit individual items in Outlook. These applications have been selected for the UI overhaul because they center around document authoring.^[28] The rest of the applications in the suite changed to the new UI in subsequent versions.^[29] The default font used in this edition is Calibri. Original prototypes of the new user interface were revealed at MIX in Las Vegas.^[30]

Office button[edit]

The Office button, located on the top-left of the window, replaces the File menu and provides access to functionality common across all Office applications, including opening, saving, printing, and sharing a file. It can also close the application. Users can also choose color schemes for the interface. A notable accessibility improvement is that the Office button follows Fitts's law.^[31]

Ribbon [edit]

The ribbon, a panel that houses a fixed arrangement of command buttons and icons, organizes commands as a set of tabs, each grouping relevant commands. The ribbon is present in Microsoft Word , Excel , PowerPoint , Access and some Outlook windows. The ribbon is not user customizable in Office Each application has a different set of tabs that exposes functions that the application offers. For example, while Excel has a tab for the graphing capabilities, Word does not; instead it has tabs to control the formatting of a text document. Within each tab, various related options may be grouped together. The ribbon is designed to make the features of the application more discoverable and accessible with fewer mouse clicks^[32] as compared to the menu-based UI used prior to Office Moving the mouse scroll wheel while on any of the tabs on the ribbon cycles—through the tabs. The ribbon can be minimized by double clicking the active section's title, such as the Home text in the picture below.^[33] Office does not natively support removing, modifying or replacing ribbon. Third party add-ins, however, can bring menus and toolbars back to Office or customize the ribbon commands. Add-ins that restore menus and toolbars include Classic Menu for Office,^[34] ToolbarToggle,^[35][36] and Ubitmenu.^[37] Others like RibbonCustomizer enable the customization of ribbons.^[36] Office does allow user customization of the ribbon out of the box.

The ribbon in Microsoft PowerPoint running on Windows Vista

Contextual Tabs[edit]

Some tabs, called Contextual Tabs, appear only when certain objects are selected. Contextual Tabs expose functionality specific only to the object with focus. For example, selecting a picture brings up the Pictures tab, which presents options for dealing with the picture. Similarly, focusing on a table exposes table-related options in a specific tab. Contextual Tabs remain hidden except when an applicable object is selected.

Live Preview[edit]

Microsoft Office also introduces a feature called Live Preview, which temporarily applies formatting on the focused text or object when any formatting button is moused-over. The temporary formatting is removed when the mouse pointer is moved from the button. This allows users to have a preview of how the option would affect the appearance of the object, without actually applying it.

Mini Toolbar[edit]

The new Mini Toolbar is a small toolbar with basic formatting commands that appears within the document editing area, much like a context menu. When the mouse selects part of the text, Mini Toolbar appears close to selected text. It remains semi-transparent until the mouse pointer is hovered on it, to avoid obstructing what is underneath. Mini Toolbar can also be made to appear by right-clicking in the editing area or via key on keyboard, in which case it appears near the cursor, above or below the traditional context menu. Mini Toolbar is not customizable in Office , but can be turned off.

Quick Access Toolbar[edit]

The Quick Access toolbar (by default) sits in the title bar and serves as a repository of most used functions, such as save, undo/redo and print. It is customizable, although this feature is limited, compared to toolbars in previous Office versions. Any command available in the entire Office application can be added to the Quick Access toolbar, including commands not available on the ribbon as well as macros. Keyboard shortcuts for any of the commands on the toolbar are also fully customizable, similar to previous Office versions.

Other UI features[edit]

• Super-tooltips, or screentips, that can house formatted text and even images, are used to provide detailed descriptions of what most buttons do.
• A zoom slider present in the bottom-right corner, allowing for dynamic and rapid magnification of documents.
• The status bar is fully customizable. Users can right click the status bar and add or remove what they want the status bar to display.^[38]

SmartArt[edit]

SmartArt, found under the Insert tab in the ribbon in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook, is a new group of editable and formatted diagrams. There are preset SmartArt graphics layout templates in categories such as list, process, cycle, and hierarchy. When an instance of a SmartArt is inserted, a Text Pane appears next to it to guide the user through entering text in the hierarchical levels. Each SmartArt graphic, based on its design, maps the text outline, automatically resized for best fit, onto the graphic. There are a number of "quick styles" for each graphic that apply largely different 3D effects to the graphic, and the graphic's shapes and text can be formatted through shape styles and WordArt styles. In addition, SmartArt graphics change their colors, fonts, and effects to match the document's theme.

File formats[edit]

Office Open XML[edit]

Microsoft Office introduced a new file format, called Office Open XML, as the default file format. Such files are saved using an extra X letter in their extension (.docx/xlsx/pptx/etc.). However, it can still save documents in the old format, which is compatible with previous versions. Alternatively, Microsoft has made available a free add-on known as the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack that lets Office , XP, and open, edit, and save documents created under the newer format.^[39]

Office Open XML is based on XML and uses the ZIP file container. According to Microsoft, documents created in this format are up to 75% smaller than the same documents saved with previous Microsoft Office file formats, owing to the ZIP data compression.^[40]

Files containing macros are saved with an extra M letter in their extension instead (.docm/xlsm/pptm/etc.).

PDF[edit]

Initially, Microsoft promised to support exporting to Portable Document Format (PDF) in Office However, due to legal objections from Adobe Systems, Office originally did not offer PDF support out of the box, but rather as a separate free download.^[41][42][43] However, starting with Service Pack 2, Office allows users to natively export PDF files.^[44]

XPS[edit]

Office documents can also be exported as XPS documents. This is part of Service Pack 2 and prior to that, was available as a free plug-in in a separate download.^[44][45]

OpenDocument[edit]

Microsoft backs an open-source effort to support OpenDocument in Office , as well as earlier versions (up to Office ), through a converter add-in for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and also a command-line utility.^[46] As of , the project supports conversion between ODF and Office Open XML file formats for all three applications.^[47] According to ODF Alliance this support falls short and substantial improvements are still needed for interoperability in real-world situations.^[48][49] Third-party plugins able to read, edit and save to the ISO-standard Open Document Format (ODF) are available as a separate download.^[50][51]

Office Service Pack 2 adds native support for the OpenDocument Format.^[52] The ODF Alliance has released test results on ODF support of Office SP2,^[53] concluding that Office ODF support, both SP2 and other add-ons, have "serious shortcomings that, left unaddressed, would break the open standards based interoperability that the marketplace, especially governments, is demanding". Particularly, SP2 has no support for encrypted ODF files and has limited interoperability with other ODF spreadsheet implementations.

The ISO/IEC OpenDocument standard specifies encryption of files, which is based on sha1, Blowfish, and RFC Microsoft Office SP2 does not support reading and writing encrypted (password protected) ODF files.^[53][54][55] Users are presented with a message: “cannot use password protection using the ODF format.”^[53][55]

The ISO/IEC OpenDocument standard has no spreadsheet formula language included (or referenced) in the standard specification. Office SP2 uses the spreadsheet formula language specified in the ISO/IEC Office Open XMLopen standard when creating ODF documents. According to the ODF Alliance report "ODF spreadsheets created in Excel SP2 do not in fact conform to ODF because Excel incorrectly encodes formulas with cell addresses. Section of ODF says that addresses in formulas "start with a "[" and end with a "]"." In Excel cell addresses were not enclosed with the necessary square brackets."^[53] The ISO/IEC specification states that the semantics and the syntax depends on the used namespace, which is implementation dependent, leaving the syntax implementation defined as well.^[56]

Microsoft stated that they consider adding support for an official ODF formula language (OpenFormula), once a future version of the ISO/IEC standard specification includes one.^[57]

Microsoft's ODF spreadsheet support in SP2 is not fully inter-operable with other implementations of OpenDocument, such as the IBM Symphony, which use the non-standardized manicapital.com 2.x formula language, and manicapital.com 3.x, which uses a draft of OpenFormula.^[58] The company had previously reportedly stated that "where ODF is ambiguous or incomplete, the Office implementation can be guided by current practice in manicapital.com, mainly, and other implementations including KOffice and AbiWord. Peter Amstein and the Microsoft Office team are reluctant to make liberal use of extension mechanisms, even though provided in ODF They want to avoid all appearance of an embrace-extend attempt."^[59]

The EU investigated Microsoft Office OpenDocument Format support to see if it provided consumers greater choice.^[60]

Metadata[edit]

In Office , Microsoft introduced the Document Inspector, an integral metadata removal tool that strips Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents of information such as author name and comments and other "metadata".

User assistance system[edit]

In Microsoft Office , the Office Assistants were eliminated in favour of a new online help system. One of its features is the extensive use of Super Tooltips, which explain in about one paragraph what each function performs. Some of them also use diagrams or pictures. These appear and disappear like normal tooltips, and replace normal tooltips in many areas. The Help content also directly integrates searching and viewing Office Online articles.

Collaboration features[edit]

SharePoint[edit]

Microsoft Office includes features geared towards collaboration and data sharing. As such, Microsoft Office features server components for applications such as Excel, which work in conjunction with SharePoint Services, to provide a collaboration platform. SharePoint works with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server , which is used to host a SharePoint site, and uses IIS and manicapital.com Excel server exposes Excel Services, which allows any worksheet to be created, edited and maintained via web browsers. It features Excel Web Access, the client-side component which is used to render the worksheet on a browser, Excel Calculation Service which is the server side component which populates the worksheet with data and perform calculations, and Excel Web Services that extends Excel functionalities into individual web services. SharePoint can also be used to host Word documents for collaborative editing, by sharing a document. SharePoint can also be used to hold PowerPoint slides in a Slide Library, from which the slides can be used as a formatting template. It also notifies users of a slide automatically in case the source slide is modified. Also by using SharePoint, PowerPoint can manage shared review of presentations. Any SharePoint hosted document can be accessed from the application which created the document or from other applications such as a browser or Microsoft Office Outlook.

Groove[edit]

Microsoft Office also includes Groove, which brings collaborative features to a peer-to-peer paradigm. Groove can host documents, including presentations, workbooks and others, created in Microsoft Office application in a shared workspace, which can then be used in collaborative editing of documents. Groove can also be used in managing workspace sessions, including access control of the workspace. To collaborate on one or more documents, a Workspace must be created, and then those who are to work on it must be invited. Any file shared on the workspace are automatically shared among all participants. The application also provides real-time messaging, including one-to-one as well as group messaging, and presence features, as well as monitoring workspace activities with alerts, which are raised when pre-defined set of activities are detected. Groove also provides features for conflict resolution for conflicting edits. Schedules for a collaboration can also be decided by using a built-in shared calendar, which can also be used to keep track of the progress of a project. However, the calendar is not compatible with Microsoft Outlook.

Themes and Quick Styles[edit]

Microsoft Office places more emphasis on Document Themes and Quick Styles. The Document Theme defines the colors, fonts and graphic effects for a document. Almost everything that can be inserted into a document is automatically styled to match the overall document theme creating a consistent document design. The new Office Theme file format (.THMX) is shared between Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook email messages. Similar themes are also available for data reports in Access and Project or shapes in Visio.

Quick Styles are galleries with a range of styles based on the current theme. There are quick styles galleries for text, tables, charts, SmartArt, WordArt and more. The style range goes from simple/light to more graphical/darker.

Application-specific changes[edit]

Word[edit]

• New style sheets (quick styles) and ability to switch easily among them.
• Default Font now 'Calibri' instead of 'Times New Roman', as featured in previous versions of Microsoft Office.
• Word count listed by default in the status bar. The word count dynamically updates as you type.
• New contextual spell checker, signified by a wavy blue underline to the traditional wavy red underline for misspellings and wavy green underline for grammar errors, sometimes catches incorrect usage of correctly spelled words, such as in "I think we will loose this battle".
• Translation tool tip option available for English (U.S.), French (France), and Spanish (International Sort). When selected, hovering the mouse cursor over a word displays its translation in the particular language. Non-English versions have different sets of languages. Other languages can be added by using a separate multilingual pack.
• Automated generation of citations and bibliographies according to defined style rules, including APA, Chicago, and MLA. Changing style updates all references automatically. Connect to web services to access online reference databases.
• Redesigned native mathematical equation support with TeX-like linear input/edit language or GUI. Also supports the Unicode Plain Text Encoding of Mathematics.^[61]
• Preset gallery of cover pages with fields for Author, Title, Date, Abstract, etc. Cover pages follow the theme of the document (found under the Page Layout tab).
• Document comparison engine updated to support moves, differences in tables, and also easy to follow tri-pane view of original document, new document, and differences.
• Full screen reading layout that shows two pages at a time with maximal screen usage, plus a few critical tools for reviewing.
• Building Blocks, which lets one save frequently used content, so that they are easily accessible for further use. Building blocks can have data mapped controls in them to allow for form building or structured document authoring.
• The ability to save multiple versions of a document (which had existed since Word 97) has been removed.^[62]
• Blog entries^[63] can be authored in Word itself and uploaded directly to a blog. Supported blogging sites include Windows Live Spaces, WordPress, SharePoint, Blogger, Telligent Community etc.
• Drops function for Insert/Picture/From Scanner or Camera. Can be added manually.^[64]
• Drops the "Bullets and Numbering" dialog boxes and rich, easily controlled range of options for formatting Outline Numbered lists
• For Indian languages, proofing tools were introduced in Office for Bengali, Malayalam, Odia, Konkani and Assamese^[65][66]

Outlook[edit]

• As a major change in Outlook , Exchange support has been dropped. Like Evolution, Outlook Express and Entourage, Outlook now works only with Exchange and above.
• Word becomes the default text editor for this and all subsequent versions.
• Outlook now indexes (using the Windows Search APIs) the e-mails, contacts, tasks, calendar entries, RSS feeds and other items, to speed up searches. As such, it features word-wheeled search, which displays results as characters are typed.^[67][68]
• Search folders, which are saved searches, have been updated to include RSS feeds as well. Search folders can be created with a specific search criteria, specifying the subject, type and other attributes of the information being searched. When a search folder is opened, all matching items for the search are automatically retrieved and grouped up.
• Outlook now supports text-messages and SMSs, when used in conjunction with Exchange Server Unified Messaging.
• Outlook includes a reader for RSS feeds, which use the Windows Common Feeds Store. RSS subscription URLs can be shared via e-mails; updates can also be pushed to a mobile device.
• Outlook can now support multiple calendars being worked with simultaneously. It also includes a side-by-side view for calendars, where each calendar is displayed in a different tab, and allows easy comparison of them. Outlook also supports web calendars. Calendars can be shared with other users, and also exported as a HTML file for viewing by others who do not have Outlook installed.
• Calendar view shows which tasks are due.
• Flagged e-mails and notes can also be converted to Task items.
• Outlook includes a To Do Bar, which consolidates appointment, calendar, and task items in a single view.^[68]
• Outlook includes a Windows SideShow Calendar Gadget^[69]
• Online or offline editing of all Microsoft Office documents via a SharePoint site. All edits are automatically synchronized.
• Contacts can be shared among users, via e-mail, Exchange Server or a SharePoint site.
• Attachment preview allows users to view Office e-mail attachments in the reading pane rather than having to open another program.^[68]
• HTML in e-mails is now rendered using the Microsoft Word rendering engine which disallows several HTML tags like object, script, iframe etc. along with several CSS properties.

Microsoft Office Outlook can also include an optional Business Contact Manager (included on a separate installation disc in Office Small Business and above) which allows management of business contacts and their sales and marketing activities. Phone calls, e-mails, appointments, notes and other business metrics can be managed for each contact. It can also keep a track of billable time for each contact on the Outlook Calendar. Based on these data, a consolidated report view can be generated by Microsoft Office Outlook with Business Contact Manager. The data can be further analyzed using Microsoft Office Excel. This data can also be shared using SharePoint Services.

Excel[edit]

• Support up to 1,, rows and 16, columns (XFD) in a single worksheet, with 32, characters in a single cell (17,,, cells in a worksheet, ,,,, characters in a worksheet)^[70]
• Conditional Formatting introduces support for three new features — Color Scales, Icon Sets and Data Bars
  • Color Scales, which automatically color the background of a group of cells with different colors according to the values.
  • Icon sets, which precede the text in a cell with an icon that represent some aspect of the value of the cell with respect to other values in a group of cells, can also be applied. Icons can be conditionally applied to show up only when certain criteria are met, such as a cross showing up on an invalid value, where the condition for invalidity can be specified by the user.
  • Data Bars show as a gradient bar in the background of a cell the contribution of the cell value in the group.
• Column titles can optionally show options to control the layout of the column.
• Multithreaded calculation of formulae, to speed up large calculations, especially on multi-core/multi-processor systems.
• User Defined Functions (UDF), which are custom functions written to supplement Excel's set of built-in functions, supports the increased number of cells and columns. UDFs now can also be multithreaded. Server side UDFs are based on the .NET Managed code.
• Importing data from external sources, such as a database, has been upgraded. Data can also be imported from formatted tables and reports, which do not have a regular grid structure
• Formula Autocomplete, automatically suggests function names, arguments and named ranges, and automatically completing them if desired, based on the characters entered. Formulae can refer to a table as well
• CUBE functions which allow importing data, including set aggregated data, from data analysis services, such as SQL Server Analysis Services
• Page Layout view, to author spreadsheets in a way that mirrors the formatting of the printed document
• PivotTables, which are used to create analysis reports out of sets of data, can now support hierarchical data by displaying a row in the table with a "+" icon, which, when clicked, shows more rows regarding it, which can also be hierarchical. PivotTables can also be sorted and filtered independently, and conditional formatting used to highlight trends in the data.
• Filters, now includes a Quick filter option allowing the selection of multiple items from a drop down list of items in the column. The option to filter based on color has been added to the choices available.
• Excel features a new charting engine, which supports advanced formatting, including 3D rendering, transparencies and shadows. Chart layouts can also be customized to highlight various trends in the data.

PowerPoint[edit]

• Improvements to text rendering to support text based graphics.
• Rendering of 3D graphics.
• Support for many more sound file formats such as .mp3 and .wma.
• Support for tables and enhanced support for table pasting from Excel.^[71]
• Slide Library, which lets you reuse any slide or presentation as a template. Any presentation or slide can be published to the Slide Library.
• Any custom-designed slide library can be saved.
• Presentations can be digitally signed.
• Improved Presenter View.^[72]
• Added support for widescreen slides.^[73]
• Allows addition of custom placeholders.
• Drops function for Insert/Picture/From Scanner or Camera.
• Allows for duplication of a slide through right-clicking it without having to go through Copy and Paste

OneNote[edit]

• OneNote now supports multiple notebooks.^[74]
• Notebooks can be shared across multiple computers. Anyone can edit even while not connected and changes are merged automatically across machines when a connection is made. Changes are labeled with author and change time/date.^[74][75][76]
  • Notebooks can be synchronized between two or more machines without an Internet connection when stored on removable media such as an SD card or USB flash drive; changes made to a notebook on a machine when removable media is disconnected will be synced with the notebook when the media is reinserted to that machine. To prevent potential synchronization issues associated with drive mapping during reinsertion, OneNote associates notebooks with unique device identifiers rather than drive letters to ensure that changes are successfully synced.^[77]
• Notebook templates.^[74]
• Word-wheeled search is also present in OneNote, which also indexes notes.^[74]
• Synchronization of Tasks with Outlook Also Outlook can send mails to OneNote, or open pages in OneNote that are linked to tasks, contacts, appointments/meetings.^[74][78]
• Support for tables. Using tabs to create tabular structure automatically converts it to a table.^[74]
• Optical character recognition is performed on images (e.g., brochures, photos, prints, scans, screen clips) so that any text that appears in them is searchable.^[74][79] Handwritten text on a tablet PC is also searchable.^[79]
• Words that are included in audio and video recordings are also tagged and indexed, so that they can be searched.^[79]
• Notes can have hyperlinks among themselves, or from outside OneNote to a specific point on a page.^[74]
• Embedding documents in notes.^[74]
• Extensibility support for add-ins.
• Drawing tools for creating diagrams in OneNote.^[74]
• Typing any arithmetic expression, followed by "=" results in the result of the calculation being displayed.^[74]
• OneNote Import Printer Driver, where any application can print to a virtual printer for OneNote and the "printed" document is imported to the notebook; OCR is performed on the text that appears in the printed document to facilitate searches.^[78][79]
• OneNote Mobile is included for Smartphones and some PocketPC devices. Syncs notes two-way with OneNote. Takes text, voice, and photo notes.

Access[edit]

• Access now includes support for a broader range of data types, including documents and images.
• Whenever any table is updated, all reports referencing the table are also updated.
• Dropdown lists for a table can be modified in place.
• Lookup Fields, which get their values by "looking up" some value in a table, have been updated to support multi valued lookups.
• Many new preset schemata are included.
• Access can synchronize with Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Server This feature enables a user to use Access reports while using a server-based, backed-up, IT managed version of the data.

Publisher[edit]

• Templates automatically fill out with information such as company name, logo etc., wherever applicable.
• Frequently used content can be stored in Content Store for quick access.
• A document can be automatically converted from one publication type, such as a newsletter, to another publication type, say a web page.
• Save as PDF supports commercial printing quality PDF.
• Catalog Merge can create publication content automatically by retrieving data, including text, images and other supported types, from an external data source.
• Design Checker, which is used to find design inconsistencies, has been updated.

InfoPath[edit]

• InfoPath designed forms can now be used from a browser, provided the server is running InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint or Office Forms Server.
• A form can be sent out to people via e-mail. Such forms can be filled out from Outlook itself.
• Automatic conversion of forms in Word and Excel to InfoPath forms. Forms can also be exported to Excel.
• Forms can be published to a network share or to SharePoint Server.
• Adding data validation, using validation formulae, and conditional formatting features without manually writing code.
• Print Layout view for designing forms in a view that mirror the printed layout. Such forms can be opened using Word as well.
• Ability to use Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Office Access, or other databases as back-end data repository.
• Multiple views for the same forms, to expose different features to different class of users.
• Template Parts, used to group Office InfoPath controls for use later. Template parts retain its XML schema.

Visio[edit]

• PivotDiagrams, which are used to visualize data, show data groups and hierarchical relationships.^[80]
  • Visual modification of PivotDiagrams by dragging data around levels, to restructure the data relationships.
  • PivotDiagrams can show aggregate statistical summaries for the data and show them.
• Shapes can be linked with external data sources. Doing so, the shapes are formatted according to the data. The data, and hence the shapes, are updated periodically. Such shapes can also be formatted manually using the Data Graphics feature.
• AutoConnect&#;: Link easily two shapes.^[81]
• Data Link&#;: Link data to shapes.^[82]
• Data Graphics&#;: Dynamic objects (text and images) linked with external data.^[83]
• New Theme behaviour and new shapes.^[84]

Project[edit]

• Ability to create custom templates.
• Any change in the project plan or schedule highlights everything else that is affected.
• Analyze changes without actually committing them. Changes can also be done and undone programmatically, to automate analysis of different changes.
• Improved cost resource management and analysis for projects.
• Project data can be used to automatically create charts and diagrams in Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office Visio, respectively.
• The project schedule can be managed as 3D Gantt chart
• Sharing project data with the help of SharePoint Services.

SharePoint Designer[edit]

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Microsoft Office (Professional Edition) represents a major upgrade to previous versions of the world's most popular suite of software applications. Office includes new and familiar products, features, and functionality that can help organizations and their employees connect to coworkers, information, and business processes quickly and effectively.

The new Reading Layout view in Word makes it easier to read documents online.

Seamlessly Connect People with Processes
Office is designed specifically to streamline communication and collaboration between internal and external team members using the desktop productivity programs that many people rely on every day. The "Document Workspaces" feature, for instance, enable teams to modify, access, and save documents in a central location. In addition, the "Shared Workspace" task pane displays tasks, related documents, links, and member lists that notify you when your team members are online.

When you share documents with Office , you have control over what gets changed. You can choose permission settings and allow co-authors to alter only the sections or formatting that you choose. Office also helps protect your documents from being unintentionally changed by using formatting and editing restrictions. Simply set permission controls on entire documents or portions of a document to prevent modifications or reformatting. You can also improve the efficiency of your meetings with "Meeting Workspaces," which offer a centralized location for sharing agendas, visual resources, and other documentation. And instant messaging (IM), which can be displayed in most programs in Office applications, lets you know when your team members are online.

Broader .XML Support
One of the most significant upgrades that's included in Office is broader XML support. Microsoft Office Word , Microsoft Office Excel , and Microsoft Office Access each offer XML schemas you can customize for using data, smart documents, and programmable task panes.

With these improvements, you can manipulate, analyze, and format data from your most critical business systems and can customize documents and task panes so that they integrate with XML data sources and outside programs. The enhancements also reduce development time with XML. With Excel , for instance, you can use the visual mapping tool to connect a user-specified XML schema to fields in your spreadsheet, and customize smart tags to bring relevant business information directly into your work. (Access , Outlook , and PowerPoint each support third-party and customized smart tags.)

The Leading Suite of Applications
Included with Office Professional edition is Access , Excel , Outlook with Business Contact Manager, PowerPoint , Publisher , and Word

Access provides a powerful set of tools that are sophisticated enough for professional developers, yet easy to learn for new users. With Access , you can create or use powerful database solutions that make organizing, accessing, and sharing information easier than ever. Excel enables you to turn data into information with powerful tools to analyze, communicate, and share results. Excel can help you work better in teams, and help protect and control access to your work. In addition, you can work with XML data to make it easier to connect to business processes.

One way to check for the installed Office version would be to check the registry keys for the Office applications of interest.

For example, if you would like to check whether Word is installed you should check for the presence of the following Registry key:

This entry contains the path to the executable.

Replace (for Office ) with the corresponding version number:

The other applications have similar keys:

Or you can check the common root path of all applications:

Another option, without using specific Registry keys would be to query the MSI database using the API as described here.

As an aside, parallel installations of different Office versions are not officially supported by Microsoft. They do somewhat work, but you might get undesired effects and inconsistencies.

Update: Office and Office

As of Office , MSI-based setup are no longer available, Click-To-Run is the only way to deploy Office now. Together with this change towards the regularly updated Office , also the major/minor version numbers of Office are no longer updated (at least for the time being). That means that – even for Office – the value used in Registry keys and the value returned by (e.g. in Word) still is .

For the time being, there is no documented way to distinguish the Office from Office A clue might be the file version of the manicapital.com; however, this version is also incremented for patched Office versions (see the comment by @antonio below).